Comparison of Pastel Accounting Modules

Sage Pastel is able to offer you an innovative and flexible Excel-based financial reporting software tool for small, medium and large enterprises. The Sage Pastel Business Intelligence Centre dynamically links to Microsoft Excel – and as long as the information is stored in an accessible database, you can access sales, financials, inventory and purchasing reporting.

Features Excel
Management
Reports for
Xpress Start Up
Excel
Management
Reports for
Xpress
Sage Pastel Business Intelligence Centre
Standard
Sage Pastel Business Intelligence Centre
Advanced
Reports Available        
Management Pack Report:
Number of Income Statement Layouts
Number of Balance Sheets Layouts

2
1

10
5

10
5

10
5
Other Reports Available n/a n/a
Dashboard Analysis
Sales Master
Inventory Master
Purchase Master
Ledger Transaction Details
Financial Genie
Financial Ratio Calculator
Dashboard Analysis
Sales Master
Inventory Master
Purchase Master
Ledger Transaction Details
Financial Genie
Financial Ratio Calculator
Formatting & Customization        
Distribute information to a Microsoft® Excel® environment
Fully customizable pre-built report templates
Add Pastel fields into reports easily     1
Link to data source and save report changes for future reuse    
Unlimited ability to format reports    
Customize reports from scratch      
Sorting & Filtering        
Filter report data
Group and ungroup data in one click
Sort report data
Easily add total and subtotal amounts
Easily convert between summary and detail reports
Ready-to-use filter parameters 2 2
View data in different ways via pre-built Microsoft® Excel® Pivot Tables    
Report Automation        
Share reports over the network
Ready-to-use reports that automatically link to Sage Pastel Xpress data
Schedule report execution    
Ready to use business dashboard for a summary of business KPIs’    
Database Connectivity        
Connect to the Sage Pastel Xpress database automatically, and access real-time data from source
Automatically refresh report data in user created templates    
Report on data from multiple databases simultaneously, including non-Pastel databases      
Access all database fields in Sage Pastel Xpress      
Security        
Report level security    
User level security    
Securely share reports over the network    

1 Limited to a pre-defined set of fields available for each report
 
2 Limited and non-customizable